Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Royals

20-27, 12-13 Away

Final

20-28, 13-11 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
J. DuranCF-LF	0-2	0	0	1	.181
M. GasperDH	2-5	1	0	0	.333
W. AbreuRF	0-5	0	0	0	.291
W. Contreras1B	1-4	1	1	2	.253
M. YoshidaLF	1-4	0	0	0	.259
C. RafaelaCF	0-0	0	0	0	.284
A. MonasterioSS	2-4	0	0	0	.256
M. Mayer2B	1-4	0	0	0	.219
C. WongC	1-4	1	0	0	.255
N. Sogard3B	1-3	0	0	0	.286

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
S. Gray	6.0	5	1	1	9	80-54	2.93
J. Slaten	1.0	0	0	0	2	17-11	0.00
G. Whitlock	1.0	1	0	0	1	12-9	2.95
A. Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	1	14-10	0.54

According to ESPN Analytics

BOS

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

7:10 PM, May 18, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 15,531

Game Time:2:25

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Laz Diaz
First Base Umpire - James Jean
Second Base Umpire - Erich Bacchus
Third Base Umpire - Malachi Moore

Red Sox beat Royals 3-1 behind Willson Contreras' homer and Sonny Gray's strong outing

— Willson Contreras hit his team-leading 10th homer and Sonny Gray outdueled Seth Lugo as the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Monday night.

May 18, 2026, 09:51 pm - AP


BOS
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	9	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0

Scoring Summary

		BOS	KC
6th	Contreras homered to left center (435 feet), Gasper scored.	2	0
7th	Duran hit sacrifice fly to left, Wong scored.	3	0
7th	Caglianone doubled to right, Jensen scored.	3	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Game Odds
Odds by

OpenMLTotalRL

Boston Red SoxRed SoxBOS

(20-27)

(20-27, 12-13 Away)

(20-27)

Sonny Gray

(12-1, 2.48)

-112

Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

(20-28)

(20-28, 13-11 Home)

(20-28)

Seth Lugo

(4-6, 4.36)

-115

Red Sox
3
Royals
1

Game 1

5/18

Red Sox
7
Royals
1

Game 2

5/19

Red Sox
4
Royals
3

Game 3

5/20

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	59	43	.578	-	L1
New York	57	45	.559	2	W1
Boston	52	49	.515	6.5	L1
Baltimore	50	53	.485	9.5	W1
Toronto	47	56	.456	12.5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	54	47	.535	-	W1
Cleveland	54	50	.519	1.5	L2
Minnesota	51	53	.490	4.5	W2
Detroit	49	54	.476	6	W2
Kansas City	43	61	.413	12.5	L1

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Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Royals

Red Sox beat Royals 3-1 behind Willson Contreras' homer and Sonny Gray's strong outing

S. Gray5-1

S. Lugo1-4

A. Chapman11

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